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Monthly Archives: November 2007

Bernie

17-Nov-07

The very vocal young raven I mentioned in my last post was pretty easy to find most evenings last summer. I named him Bernie because his vocalization, a very frequent (every 30 seconds or so, if I remember well) waawk! sounded just like the somewhat demented whoop! made by the mascot of the Inland Empire [...]

Park slowly healing

14-Nov-07

LA Parks and Rec. has reopened the most-used trails above the Observatory, so I can go back and inspect the former nesting area from above, and from the location the masthead photo, above, was shot. The nest actually survived in the top of its tree, but there was a lot of defoliation. I suspect either [...]